Tales with illustrations of Nikita and Vladimir Favorsky

Boris Shergin is a folklorist and a storyteller who does not need to be presented. His tales are widely known, including thanks to the cartoons "Magic Ring" (1979), brilliantly voiced by Evgeny Leonov, and "Shish" (2006) in the equally talented voice acting of Nina Usatova. This collection is, in a sense, the primary publication: the engravings of Nikita Favorsky (1915-1941) were used as illustrations, which were not previously published anywhere. In addition to the engravings of Nikita Favorsky, he included two engravings belonging to his father Vladimir Favorsky, a friend and admirer of the talent of Boris Shergin.

The texts of fairy tales are re -distilled by the first publications and manuscripts, from which traces of the layering of the "smoothing" editing are eliminated. The fairy tale "Magic Ring" is given in the little -known author"s version "Vanka Good".

At the end of the book, an article is given about the engravings of Nikita Favorsky, as well as family photographs of the Favore. The application is the Ex -literis of Nikita Favorsky - "Cat of Zamorsky".

Boris Viktorovich Shergin (1893 - 1973) - writer, folklorist, publicist and artist, known for stories from the life of Pomors. Born in Arkhangelsk in a family of hereditary shipbuilders and sailors. He visited the Stroganov Art College in Moscow, led the workshop of art crafts in Arkhangelsk for several years. In 1915, he began to publish notes of folk stories, songs and epics. In 1921-33 He worked at the Institute of Children"s Reading in Moscow. The first collection of folk poetry in the retelling of Shergin "near the Arkhangelsk city, at the ship"s refuge" published in 1924, the first collection of stories "Shish Moscow" - in 1930.

Vladimir Andreevich Favorsky (1886 - 1964) - People"s Artist of the USSR, member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, art historian, artorist. The largest master of Russian engraving and art of book. In childhood, he studied at the studio school K.F. Yuon (1903-1905), visiting the evening sculptural classes of the Stroganov school. From 1906 to 1907 he studied at the private Academy of Sh. Hollosha in Munich, listened to lectures on art history at the University of Munich. Returning to his homeland, he entered Moscow University. The heritage of Vladimir Favorsky is huge: magnificent illustrations for Russian and world classics, theoretical works, a cycle of lectures on the theory of composition, the book "Notes of the grave artist", many articles.

Nikita Vladimirovich Favorsky (1915 - 1941) - son of Vladimir Favorsky. From early childhood he was fond of drawing, by the age of 16 he took possession of the art of graphics. In 1931, the works of Nikita Favorsky were presented at an art exhibition in Johannesburg. He studied at the Moscow Polytechnic. In addition to graphics, he was engaged in wooden sculpture and monumental painting. He worked in the workshop of Leo Bruni. Illustrated the "Captain"s daughter" Pushkin, the medieval Armenian eras "David Sasunsky". Together with his father, he painted the curtain of Tetra of the Red Army. He died in 1941 at the front